In a country riven by death and corruption, unlikely companions risk everything to find a little girl whose secret could expose murderers hiding in plain sight. Ashura is the story of three lives, intertwined by fate and circumstance, speaking truth to power amid the escalating tide of extrajudicial killings in modern-day Philippines. Spanning three continents, seven cities, and twelve months, the novel weaves a powerful narrative of interrupted youth, shared identity amid brazen politics, and the elusive search for justice. It traces the invisible threads of kinship that grow stronger as its…mehr
In a country riven by death and corruption, unlikely companions risk everything to find a little girl whose secret could expose murderers hiding in plain sight. Ashura is the story of three lives, intertwined by fate and circumstance, speaking truth to power amid the escalating tide of extrajudicial killings in modern-day Philippines. Spanning three continents, seven cities, and twelve months, the novel weaves a powerful narrative of interrupted youth, shared identity amid brazen politics, and the elusive search for justice. It traces the invisible threads of kinship that grow stronger as its characters navigate the fragile line between life and death, history and love. The reader is drawn into separate inner journeys that converge on the bloodstained streets of Metro Manila and Mindanao, the shifting corridors of power in Washington, DC, and the dark recesses of Barcelona--culminating in an uncertain reckoning at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Ultimately, Ashura becomes a shared, unfinished legacy of a nation still struggling to define itself.
Quintin Jose V. Pastrana is an energy entrepreneur, library builder, and writer. He holds degrees in Business, International Relations, and Creative Writing from Georgetown University, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Oxford. His works include Ambahan: A Love Story (2021), a compendium of indigenous verse poetry; Infieles: 12 Filipino Stories (2023), a short fiction collection; and The Kitten Who Lost Her Purr ( 2024), a young adult book. Quintin is currently President of WEnergy Power Pilipinas and Archipelago Renewables Corporation, a leader in renewables and hybrid energy microgrids, and is an Asia Society, US ASEAN Business Council, and Lannan Poetry Fellow. He is the Founder of the award-winning Library Renewal Partnership, and Asociacion Vuelta, a social enterprise for migrant communities in Spain.
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